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the flap of tissue anterior to the external acoustic meatus
What is the trigs?
the foramen found on the MEDIAL side of the ramus of the mandible
What is the mandibular foramen?
the largest muscle that is involved in the floor of the mouth
What is the mylohyoid muscle?
the cranial nerve which innervates the muscles of facial expression
What is VII (facial nerve)?
What is the parotid gland?
the duct of the parotid gland
What is Stensen's duct?
the bone where the foramen rotundum and foramen ovale are located
What is the sphenoid bone?
the muscle which can become hypertrophied with chronic bruxism
What is the masseter muscle?
branch of V2 (maxillary branch) which innervates maxillary molars
What is the PSA (posterior superior alveolar)?
dislocation of the TMJ
What is subluxation?
the junction of the attached gingiva and the alveolar mucosa
What is the mucogingival junction?
the depression between the condyle and the coronoid process
What is the mandibular notch?
this muscle helps move the jaw from side to side
What is the lateral pterygoid muscle?
a condition of unilateral facial paralysis which has sudden onset
the most common salivary gland to develop a sialolith
What is the submandibular gland?
the most abundant papillae of the tongue?
What are the filiform papillae?
the bony projection which is an extension of the medial pterygoid plate
What is the hamulus?
the largest muscle in the neck
What is the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
this nerve innervates the muscles of mastication
What is the trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V)?
the largest ligament of the TMJ
What is the temporomandibular ligament?
this soft tissue landmark covers the nasopalatine foramen
What is the incisive papilla?
the bone where the infraorbital foramen is located
What is the maxilla?
the muscle that surrounds the lips and allow the lips to purse
What is the orbicularis oris muscle?
the name of the twelfth cranial nerve (XII)
What is the hypoglossal nerve?
the artery which supplies the MANDIBULAR teeth with blood
What is the inferior alveolar artery?
the raised rounded area on the lingual surface of all anterior teeth
What is the cingulum?
the foramen that is on the lateral side of the body of the mandible
What is the mental foramen?
the large fan-shaped muscle that is partly responsible for elevation of the mandible
What is the temporalis muscle?
the branch of the trigeminal nerve which has both motor and sensory components
What is V3 (mandibular branch)?
the duct of the sublingual gland
What is Bartholin's duct?
the ridge that descends from the cusp tip toward the central groove
What is the triangular ridge?
the bony landmark that is at the midline of the sphenoid bone, and is where the pituitary gland sits
What is the sella turcica?
a suprahyoid muscle which has two bellies
What is the digastric muscle?
this branch of the inferior alveolar nerve innervates the soft tissue of the chin and lower lip
What is the mental nerve?
a localized entrapment of pathogens from a chronic odontogenic infection in a closed space
What is an abscess?